Rolando McClain sentenced to 180 days in jail

McClain was found guilty on all charges in the trial stemming from his December assault on an Alabama man and Michael Casagrande of the Decatur Daily reports that he has been sentenced to 180 days in jail as a result. McClain had been charged with third-degree assault, reckless endangerment, menacing, and unlawful discharge of a firearm, all of which are misdemeanor charges and McClain was sentenced to 45 days in jail for each charge.

Jaradious Willingham, McClain’s co-defendant, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault on Thursday morning and agreed to testify against McClain. He received 90 days in jail as a result of his plea bargain.

There’s no word yet on when McClain, who was released on bond, will have to serve the sentence. If he’s not able to delay it until after the season, the Raiders will have to make plans for proceeding without one of their starting linebackers. McClain may also face further discipline from the NFL as a result of the case.

R.M had nothing to do with it. Our Clueless GM/head of player personnel/head of scouting/owner box DC was responsible for the mess. R.M has fumigated the building. All of Coach Davis stooges, puppets and hang on’s are gone. You will never again see a quote like “JaMarcus is a great playaaa. Get ovah it”…..

A lot of Coach Davis track stars, scholarship, over paid under achieving lottery winning great playaaa’s have already been sent packing. McClain is now in Reggie’s cross hairs….

Congratualtions, Rolando. You’ve become faidernation’s most admired idol. You truly are a Raider. Enjoy your jail time and suspension.

Come on, hump. You said pretty much the same thing earlier today. You’re better than that. Don’t be a lazy troll. Your dedication to Raider Nation is admirable, but if you stop giving us your best we might lose respect for your work.

I heard that Jonathan Vilma offered $10k to anyone who could find this Tapscott dude and put him out of commission.

I also heard that the judge was going to give McClain a full year until it was learned that Tapscott was wearing a Bronco’s jersey at the time of the incident. In a written statement the judge said: “If it had been a Tim Tebow jersey, Mr. McClain would have gotten community service credit”.

The criminal element is BACK in Oakland! Now if we can only make the playoffs agian.

For all you lames out there saying “typical” Raider, well not anymore with Big Reg on the job. Those days are over. Al is gone and McK is running the show. So those stupid coments dont even make sense anymore.

Ro should just do the time and take his punishment. 180 days means 90 actual days. Then the 3-5 game suspension Goodell will hand down and he will be ready to play, not for the Raiders but some team will take him for a 5th or 6th rounder.

“If he’d not able to delay it until after the season…”
If he is able to delay his sentencing so that he can play football, then our justice system is truly screwed up. You do the crime, you serve the time. Period. Not when it’s most convenient for you.

I think its a crying shame that he is pissing his fantastic career right down the toilet. He will look back at it all someday and say “God I was so stupid” to do those things. It cost me millions of dollars.

What do you expect when you take a young male athlete, add an ass-load of testosterone, treat him like a “god” in the community for his exploits on the football field, give him a fat wad of cash and limit the accountability he has because of his status (which is what happens in college all the time)?

What do we expect when we send the man to work in an industry that celebrates aggression (toughness) and expects conflict (hard-hitting, win at all costs) and what do you think you are going to get? The guy is essentially a modern-day gladiator but we get all bent out of shape when he acts like a gladiator outside of the arena? Since when were juiced up “jocks” known for critical thinking and excellent decision making? McClain isn’t a brain surgeon; he’s a guy who is paid to crash his body into people. They would fire him if he WASN’T aggressive. It’s not that easy to just turn this kind of aggression on and off.

I don’t think any of us should be too surprised at a story like this. I think we should be thankful it doesn’t happen every day. And EVERY team has stuff like this, stop hating simply because McClain is a Raider.

Looks like Jamarcus Russell was able to transfer his soul to another body, resulting in Rolando McClain
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That’s an absolutely ridiculous statement. Jamarcus Russell was a poor performer who didn’t live up to his pre-draft hype and demonstrated no motivation to improve. I don’t know what’s going on in Rolando’s personal life, but he’s a heckuva football player.

What I am most interested in hearing is how the league will react. Vilma was given an entire season off for (allegedly) puting a bounty on opposing players and (allegedly) lying about it. McClain discharged a firearm in the commission of assault and battery. I’m shocked this wasn’t a felony.

I like McClain, I wish the best for him and his family, but if there is any justice in the NFL, he’s sitting out for AT LEAST a year. This (to me) seems far more agregious than putting a “bounty” on a guy from the other team (something that just about every high school, college and pro football player has done or considered themselves).

Maybe the length of McClain’s suspension all depends on if the victim suffered a concussion or not. LOL

Hopefully the lawyers get it handled so he doesn’t serve jail time. However, I don’t think Roger will be as dismissive.

Like I’ve said before: I love the haters. They take time out of their day to repeat the same tired lines no matter what the news. It’s hilarious. No team in the NFL can stir up that kind of emotion/hate. Somebody has to be the villain, Al Davis and the RAIDERS embraced it. Then they proceeded to slap around the AFC for the better part of 40 years.

It’s a new era in RAIDER NATION, all this yapping from the trolls will die off soon enough.

mullman7675 says:
….the Raiders slapped around the AFC for the better part of 40 years
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jluns275 says:
Not really…3 Super Bowl victories in 7 years was admittedly impressive (Beating the Vikings, Eagles, & Redskins)…. Not so much in the other 30+ years.
Otherwise, the only thing the Raiders ever led the league in was penalties, local TV blackouts, & laughably out of touch, antiquated owner/organization/stadium.

Raider fan checking in to say I hope McClain learns from this, but he deserves every hour of his 180 day sentence, it was lenient if he indeed discharged a weapon by this guys head. He will deserve whatever punishment Goodell gives him, including a full year suspension and he will deserve it if Reggie McKenzie cans his behind. Hopefully he will be humbled and grow from through the consequences of his crime.

Sometimes I am really disappointed with the NFL. I understand that this guy has a certain skill set, but every once in a while I wish they would draw a line. This guy is being rewarded for being a turd.
I would like to see a policy that states the following:
“Players who have felonies, and misdemeanors that involve theft, assault, or sexual assault, battery, etc. are eligible to play in the league for a maximum of $50k annually”.
Thumbs up Yes, Thumbs down NO.